Improvement in plane-ieons



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.Letters .Patent lVo. 64,341, dated April 30, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN PLANE-IRONS.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Y Be it known that I, S.- MARKEE, of Auburn, in the county of Cayuga, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in PlanefIrons; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and

exaict description thereof, which will enable others skilledih the art tomake anLl use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part o-f this speciiication7 in which- Figure 1 isan under side View of the plane-iron, showing the sliding-nut.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the same, taken through the line :l: x, iig. 1.

Figure 3 is a cross-section of the same, taken through the line y y, ig. 1.

Figure 4 is a detail sectional view, taken through the line z z, iig. 2, showing the under side of the sliding-nut.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved double plnneQiron, simple and cheap in construction, and convenient in operation; and it consists, first, in attaching the cap to the plane-iron by ascrew and slidingnut; and, second, in the sliding-nut in combination with the plane-iron cup and screw, as hereinafter more fully ilescribel. v

A is the plane-iron, which has a longitudinal slot, as shown, for the passage of the screw B, which secures the cap C to the plane-iron. The upper end-of this slot is enlarged so that the nut D can be passed through it.

The cap C is made of sheet steel, slightly curved in its lower part, as shown in iig. 2. Through this cap isV made a hole for the passage of the screw B. The screw B passes through the cap C and through the slotin the planciron A, and screws into the sliding-nut D, ns shown in tig. 2. This'nntgis made with a projecting part or flange,- as shown in figs. 2, 3, and 4, which iits into the slot formed in the plane-iron A, and slidesalong. said slot in adjusting the cap C upon the plane-iron A. By this construction itis not necessary to make the cap C as heavy as it was formerly made, when it had to be made thick enough t-o receive and hohl the screw that held the cap and plane-iron together.- This construction enables me to place the head of thc screw on the upper side of the plane-irons, making it much more convenient to adjust the cap in proper position with reference to the cutting edge of the plane-iron than when the head of the connecting-screw was on the under side of the planeiron, as was the case when the cap and plane-iron were connected together in the ordinary manner.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The plane-iron, consisting of the slotted iron A, curved cap C,t1anged sliding-nut Drand screw B, arranged and operating substantially as dcscrib'efl for the purpose specified.

The above specification of, my invention signed by me this 7th (lay of March, 1866.

' 1 s. MARKEE.

Witnesses:

B. J. Ives,

It. P. S'row. 

